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Love. -------------- Do good to others--not because of who they are, but because of who you are. Mother Theresa It's God's job to instruct, the Spirit's job to convict, and my job to love. Someone's signature here on CF Whatever you do, do it in love. Paul Forgive. Forgive...
It's the end of a long day. My college semester is entirely online, with my leaving Illinois to come back home, due to lockdown orders. It's almost finals, and I just finished my last assignment before these final tests & essays. My brain is tired, but I'm glad to be able to enjoy tomorrow...
It's a thought I just had in prayer. God didn't have to make us imperfect, and He didn't have to let mercy be His defining characteristic. If we were all inherently sinless, perfect creatures, there would be no challenge to love, nothing to overcome. What are your thoughts?
Depends on how far we carry it. Evil spreads so fast, it seems; love? Not so much. Pray to be better carriers of good than evil, sharing stories of good acts rather than stories of wickedness. Stop reading news stories about shootings & hatred; that only spreads Satan's sick reign. Share...
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My main fault is cowardice. Most of my sins are sins of omission; I don't dishonor God very much in what I do, but I all too often dishonor Him in what I don't do. This has made evangelization my worst spot in following Christ; I've been graced enough to be able to follow most of His...
I just wanted to share a picture of the nativity God graced me with, all set up in my dorm. Very simple, very meaningful, and I thought others might like to see it, too. Please say a prayer in front of a nativity, even if it's just this picture of one. I find that prayers offered in front of...
I've been trying to go to Reconciliation every week now. (I prefer the term Reconciliation over Confession, because Confession is what you're doing, but Reconciling yourself to the Father is the purpose). This week, one thing I confessed was that, when I was being genorous, giving stuff away...
Just today, on this forum, God presented me with an interesting side-by-side. I spent some time on a thread I started, arguing against Sola Scriptura, in what was becoming a somewhat heated argument on the subject; from there, I checked out a blog entry from another user I follow, left an...
I just came back from 2 hours at adoration. Spend that much time with the Lord, and some pretty cool things happen, to say the least. At the end, I felt like it was very cleansing, but not in the same way as reconciliation. At reconciliation, bad stuff is lifted off of us; after adoration, I...
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Today my university had a thing they call the "Trine University Scholarship Gala". It's a thing where rich alumi come, pay a lot for food, wine, and auction items, and at the end, we get a lot of scholarship money (a lot = average of $600,000). I'm in Jazz Band, and we were performing at it...
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If you've been praying for something repeatedly, putting your faith in God, asking diligently & preparing yourself for something, and it's still not coming, remember--Jesus has a habit of waiting around before going to people's aid. Perhaps this is best illustrated by the death of Lazarus, when...
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"The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts." --St. John Chrysostom
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Thank God now, and figure out why later. It is not until we thank God for the seemingly bad things in our lives that we can finally see the good that they bring. If nothing else, remember: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know...

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